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Birthplace

This dimension names the place where a historical figure was born. Wikipedia notes that history "analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened," narratives that for a biography always begin with where its subject was actually born. Browsing this way collects every figure born in the same place.

Birthplace

Alexandria, Egypt

Allahabad (present-day Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad, North-Western Provinces, British India

Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary

Bury, Lancashire, England

Butiama, Mara Region, Tanganyika Territory

Cologne, Germany

Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

Huai'an, Jiangsu, China

Java, Dutch East Indies

Kampala, Uganda Protectorate

Kiev, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)

Koblenz, Electorate of Trier, Holy Roman Empire

Oaxaca

Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire

Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai

Shaoshan, Hunan

Sichuan